Rui Matsukawa, center, director of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s Women’s Affairs Division, poses in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris with other LDP members. She deleted the photo ...

2 hours from Tokyo, Nagano is a magnet for skiers and snowboarders, but it also has temples, macaque monkeys and a town Hokusai painted in The air is crisp, the snow deep and undisturbed.

In total 562 Para athletes (440 men and 122 women) from 31 countries competed in 122 medal events across five sports. Nagano 1998 was the last time ice sledge speed skating featured in the Paralympic ...